Hashes? You mean a 128/256 bit (seemingly random) key? How much data gets sent through the internet on a daily basis? And there is to be no such thing as a "hash clash"? Wonder who the first false positive will be.
Only one problem, say the 15 year old has pictures of his 15 year old girlfriend, and decides to keep them for 10-20 years (nostalgia?). Timestamps on files alone don't help. There is just no absolute way to prove how these pictures were created, by who, and when unless the person in the picture "gives their word" about when/how.
In which case, we could simply break THAT system by taking a picture of an 18 year old, making it popular, then prosecute everyone who possesses it... Forget the 1. 2.? 3. PROFIT! method, my friends we can now take down entire countries with this. A new revolution indeed.
Exactly, not to mention the knowledge that becomes available is much more varied now with the internet. Back in the 50's you only needed to know how to cook (recipes) and build. Now, it can be circuitry/software/cooking/building/recreation etc.
It is thus harder to store all the information the internet has to offer, so we only remember titles.
My ex-spouse and I used to play this game all the time when driving. We'd take a different route when we're going somewhere or going home "so the assassins won't get us". Game?... Would it be appropriate to ask why he is your ex?
I've been following the/. news articles passively about the new D&D 4th ed.
But I have to ask: What is exactly news/newsworthy of this? After skimming TFA I have noticed it only seems to introduce new classes/characters/spells. Nothing about new gameplay changing rules, so isn't this just technically an expansion? Someone please tell me what new rules this adds...
but there isn't a companion book. There should be, although I admit it may not be fantastic. IMO, I'd rather learn to speak the language than write it, because the symbols seem confusing enough, not to mention I don't have patience to study both at the same time.
What good is winning the 30/60 day free membership to Gamefly if I don't own any systems? I say they give me the grand prize first, then we will talk about this free membership deal.
Pimsleur I recommend it to everyone. I used it myself and am VERY satisfied with what I know, I've spent maybe a total of 10 hours (because I listen to lessons twice just to be sure I've got it down, although you don't have to) learning Japanese and I can actually SPEAK the language to a point. Most people who learned via Rosetta can only tell me what an object translated is, I can form sentences. Better yet, I can meet, greet, ask for directions, say thank you, goodbye, and even have insight into how you act with their culture (your basic tourist tasks right?) opposed to saying "apple" "orange".
Not sure how Judge Judy is viewed by most others here, but Judge Judy just seems vicious. I've watched maybe 10-20 shows and every time she seems to be more slanted in favor of women, and loves to lecture people. I have yet to see a smile on her face either. I still don't understand what has made her popular... someone care to enlighten me?
The president should represent the average person of the United States of America. So you're saying just pick someone off the street with poor knowledge of everything, someone who does repetitive physical labor day in and day out?
If the president is to have so much power, shouldn't he be knowledgeable about what he has power over? I don't want some average Joe coding my software. A president should be someone "special", if he is to be elected, he should be the role model of the average person, not the average person himself.
Yea, I would like to say what schools are we testing here? University Cambridge? 1 College?
Okay... but we are testing different classes as well? "OCR Higher Tier Mathematics" vs "O-Level Algebra Elementary Mathmatics"?
I'm going to call FUD on this entire article. When I went to teacher help 4th graders (in my 12th year) they were learning far more advanced things, than what I was learning in 5th/6th grade on many levels (especially science). To say that we dumbed down our courses for schools? NO. College? Maybe, but you can't compare when the class structure changes for different reasons. Did anyone remember a crypto-analysis class back in 1961? My parents actually went to school back in the 1960s/70s (and I finished in the 2000s) and the most advanced they learned (and could learn) was: Algebra. I was learning Alegbra II/Pre-calc, and they couldn't even help with my homework because it was only basic equations.
This article seems wrong on many levels and areas...
Agreed, most of the strategy in RTS is money management. If you can't "save" for an upgrade or "save" for a huge army at once (assuming there's no pop cap, which annoys me) then there goes the strategy. Now all you are left with is picking a set amount of units to attack with (chances are you want 50/50 air-ground right..?).
So it's more about guessing what your opponent has, and playing the game of paper rock scissors...
Have you accepted Google as your personal search engine? Nope I've been leaving that to the movies where everyone dies instantly:P Guess that's one problem, thanks for the info and insight to both posters.
Kurzweil thinks of the brain as a massively parallel system, one that has very low signaling rate (neuron firing) compared to a CPU which it overcomes by the massive number of interconnections. Mod me offtopic or whatever, I don't care, but I've been thinking about this for a few weeks. If our brains are so well interconnected, how is it that we instantly die if a bullet merely passes through it and destroys a few of those connections? We can shoot bullets through most parts of a computer and more than likely only a piece of it will be damaged (I have never done this, but we could in theory just reroute the processing through the non-damaged parts correct?)
How is it that we can have brain damage and "destroy" some parts of the brain, but the minute we pass something through it physically, the entire thing ceases to function- instantly, instead of certain areas slowly fading away. I'm sure there is a simple answer and this may more than likely be a stupid question, but it has been making me curious.
God? Hacker? First off, I'm not understanding the relation between God being a "computer" expert. Second off, this also assumes a scientist believes in God and not evolution/big bang, etc. where we merely "happened" and weren't designed.
To bring religion into the field of biology... not unheard of, but not recommended either.
After thinking about it, a huge battle? Can't the producers sway this however they truly want. Say if they want the "adventurers" to retreat, make an impossible boss to fight. Then the only thing the players can decide for the show is whether they stay and die or run off.
Whether the TV show adventurers win or lose, is based on how hard they program the battle to be, the players have fewer choices than they actually think.
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Hashes? You mean a 128/256 bit (seemingly random) key? How much data gets sent through the internet on a daily basis? And there is to be no such thing as a "hash clash"? Wonder who the first false positive will be.
Only one problem, say the 15 year old has pictures of his 15 year old girlfriend, and decides to keep them for 10-20 years (nostalgia?). Timestamps on files alone don't help. There is just no absolute way to prove how these pictures were created, by who, and when unless the person in the picture "gives their word" about when/how.
In which case, we could simply break THAT system by taking a picture of an 18 year old, making it popular, then prosecute everyone who possesses it... Forget the 1. 2.? 3. PROFIT! method, my friends we can now take down entire countries with this. A new revolution indeed.
Given their UNA product. Does anyone else notice their advertising slogan? "N minds are better than N-1" Why do they call it N-Brain then...?
Some of us actually like to hunt landscape. I still have yet to find and kill the Troll Cave.
Finally someone understands what "Blame Canada" is all about!
Exactly, not to mention the knowledge that becomes available is much more varied now with the internet. Back in the 50's you only needed to know how to cook (recipes) and build. Now, it can be circuitry/software/cooking/building/recreation etc.
It is thus harder to store all the information the internet has to offer, so we only remember titles.
If I had mod points you would get them all.
Does this remind anyone of the Half Life 2 building? Where it was held loosely together with lots of gaps. Very cool nonetheless.
I've been following the /. news articles passively about the new D&D 4th ed.
But I have to ask: What is exactly news/newsworthy of this? After skimming TFA I have noticed it only seems to introduce new classes/characters/spells. Nothing about new gameplay changing rules, so isn't this just technically an expansion? Someone please tell me what new rules this adds...
What good is winning the 30/60 day free membership to Gamefly if I don't own any systems? I say they give me the grand prize first, then we will talk about this free membership deal.
Whether this is factual and relevant: Our courses took 40 years to develop and are now used by the FBI, CIA, and business professionals everywhere. Also read how it works ("You can rapidly learn Japanese!" to the end of "Children love cookies" and you will understand how it can be effective.
So... Wii fit?
Not sure how Judge Judy is viewed by most others here, but Judge Judy just seems vicious. I've watched maybe 10-20 shows and every time she seems to be more slanted in favor of women, and loves to lecture people. I have yet to see a smile on her face either. I still don't understand what has made her popular... someone care to enlighten me?
If the president is to have so much power, shouldn't he be knowledgeable about what he has power over? I don't want some average Joe coding my software. A president should be someone "special", if he is to be elected, he should be the role model of the average person, not the average person himself.
Yea, I would like to say what schools are we testing here? University Cambridge? 1 College?
Okay... but we are testing different classes as well? "OCR Higher Tier Mathematics" vs "O-Level Algebra Elementary Mathmatics"?
I'm going to call FUD on this entire article. When I went to teacher help 4th graders (in my 12th year) they were learning far more advanced things, than what I was learning in 5th/6th grade on many levels (especially science). To say that we dumbed down our courses for schools? NO. College? Maybe, but you can't compare when the class structure changes for different reasons. Did anyone remember a crypto-analysis class back in 1961? My parents actually went to school back in the 1960s/70s (and I finished in the 2000s) and the most advanced they learned (and could learn) was: Algebra. I was learning Alegbra II/Pre-calc, and they couldn't even help with my homework because it was only basic equations.
This article seems wrong on many levels and areas...
Agreed, most of the strategy in RTS is money management. If you can't "save" for an upgrade or "save" for a huge army at once (assuming there's no pop cap, which annoys me) then there goes the strategy. Now all you are left with is picking a set amount of units to attack with (chances are you want 50/50 air-ground right..?).
So it's more about guessing what your opponent has, and playing the game of paper rock scissors...
Yes well it appears you are embedding a FLASH object with a Javascript object in your .info sig link. I'm onto you...
How is it that we can have brain damage and "destroy" some parts of the brain, but the minute we pass something through it physically, the entire thing ceases to function- instantly, instead of certain areas slowly fading away. I'm sure there is a simple answer and this may more than likely be a stupid question, but it has been making me curious.
God? Hacker? First off, I'm not understanding the relation between God being a "computer" expert. Second off, this also assumes a scientist believes in God and not evolution/big bang, etc. where we merely "happened" and weren't designed.
To bring religion into the field of biology... not unheard of, but not recommended either.
It seems Ubuntu has it right, so I suggest: verb-animal with the same letter.
The possibilities are endless:
Creeping Chinchilla,
Dancing Dolphin,
Falling Feline
Meandering Monkey,
Whining Walrus,
Yielding Yak,
Zipping Zebra
Thank you, if you need me, I'll be over there.
I would patent that idea before Intel gets to it.
After thinking about it, a huge battle? Can't the producers sway this however they truly want. Say if they want the "adventurers" to retreat, make an impossible boss to fight. Then the only thing the players can decide for the show is whether they stay and die or run off.
Whether the TV show adventurers win or lose, is based on how hard they program the battle to be, the players have fewer choices than they actually think.